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TransAsia Airways Crash Caught On Tape

Jason Hyatt 3 Comments News

Yesterday morning at 02:55 UTC, TransAsia Airways flight 235 crashed shortly after departing Songshan Airport (RCSS) in Taipei. The flight was destined for Kinmen Shang Yi Airport (RCBS). The current numbers being reported are 31 fatalities, 15 injured, and 12 missing. After watching the video footage that was caught, any survivors  of something so catastrophic is a miracle.

TransAsia Airways started domestic passenger service in 1951 and operated flights until 1958. Although they were still in business, they didn’t have scheduled flight services again until 1988. Their fleet includes mostly an Airbus line from the 320 through the 330. They do own a small amount of turboprops.  The aircraft involved is an ATR-72-600, a type the airline has operated since 1991. This particular airframe, B-22816, was delivered new on April 15, 2014.

B-22816_TransAsia

TransAsia Airways ATR-72 taxiing to the active runway for departure.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family and friends of those who perished and also with those passengers and crew who are still missing.

About the Author

Jason Hyatt is an aerospace industry professional with over 10 years of experience in the military and commercial aviation sectors. Born and raised in the Southwest United States, an area blessed with over 300 days of sunshine per year, he is fortunate to have been in and around aviation his entire life. After a brief stint as a semi-professional soccer player in the early 2000's, he realized his desire to live and work in aviation. While working for Boeing IDS (now BDS) in 2005, he first picked up a camera and started experimenting with aviation photography and photojournalism. As a freelance aviation photojournalist, he has been able to stay close to military aviation, his primary area of interest.

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